Snow Arriving In Time For Resort Openings

The past two or three days have seen a great amount of snow falling across the Alps and North America, leaving many resorts developing that winter wonderland feeling — snow topped roofs, glistening white trees and Christmas decorations galore.

Over the weekend we are expecting a light dusting across the Alps with temperatures really plummeting to around -20°c and freezing level dropping to 400m. Early next week brings more good news, as a big dump is expected with anything from 30cm to 1m forecast — winter really has arrived.

France is forecast an epic week of snowfall. The weekend is showing a couple of centimetres of fresh snow followed by some serious pow arriving during the week. La Clusaz is set for 104cm of pure powder over the next week, yes 104cm!

Alpe d'Huez 71cm

Avoriaz 82cm

Chamonix 81cm

Flaine 91cm

La Plagne 61cm

La Rosiere 64cm

Les Arcs 63cm

Les Deux Alpes 64cm

Les Gets 82cm

Megeve 91cm

Meribel 61cm

Morzine 88cm

Val d'Isere 41cm

Val Thorens 48cm

Valmorel 75cm

Switzerland also has a cracking forecast for the next week. Snowfall is expected to vary from around 33cm in Zermatt to 85cm in Champery, with most resorts expecting over half a metre of fresh snow.

Crans Montana 60cm

Davos 57cm

Engelberg 69cm

Flims Laax 82cm

Grindelwald 46cm

Klosters 58cm

St. Moritz 34cm

Verbier 68cm

Villars 70cm

Wengen 45cm

Italy is enjoying a great start to the winter, boasting some incredible early season snowfall and this week's forecast is looking positive too. The figures may be lower than France and Switzerland, but with forecasts from 13cm to 68cm, it looks pretty good for the Dolomites and Milky Way.

Arabba 27cm

Cervinia 40cm

Courmayeur 68cm

Gressoney 22cm

La Thuile 63cm

Madesimo 41cm

Passo Tonale 20cm

Pila 42cm

Sauze d'oulx 14cm

Selva 34cm

Austria is set for it's best week of snow yet this season. With the average snowfall again around half a metre, the slopes will be building up a pretty good base over the next week.

Alpbach 48cm

Bad Hofgastein 33cm

Ischgl 61cm

Kitzbuhel 47cm

Lech 65cm

Mayrhofen 45cm

Obergurgl 56cm

Saalbach 48cm

St. Anton 61cm

Zell am See 42cm

December arrives tomorrow and winter is well and truly here. There's snow falling everywhere, people are departing on their first skiing trips of the season and it's almost Christmas. Time to pack my bags, get out of the office freezer and head back to the mountains.

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